Legal Recreational Marijuana In California Still Has Restrictions

KVCR | By Chris Nichols

Published January 8, 2018 at 10:02 AM PST

The sale of recreational marijuana became legal on January 1. But California's pot rules don't offer the complete freedom to smoke, buy, and transport cannabis anywhere you please. Capital Public Radio's PolitiFact reporter Chris Nichols examined some of the restrictions Californians still face.

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